Hoop.



No. 732,270. v PATENTED JUNE 30 190-3 N. .K. BOWMAN.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 8, 1902.

N0 MODEL.

PATENT Patented June 30, 1903.

OFFICE.

NEWTON K. BOWMAN, OF NORTH LAWRENCE, OHIO.

HOOP.

srnorrronrron forming part of Letters Patent No. 732,270, dated June 30, 1903. Application filed May 8, 1902. Serial No. 106,490. (No model.)

citizen of the United States, residing at North Lawrence, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Hoop,

of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to hoops for barrels, casks, tubs, kegs, and the like and more particularly to the joint or splice for said hoops.

The primary object of the invention is to arrange the ends of the hoops in alinement and to provide strong and inexpensive means for securely fastening the ends together, thereby obviating the necessity of overlapping the ends, as now commonly done.

The preferred construction of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a view in elevation of the outside of the improved joint. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the inner side of said joint. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view. Fig. at is a cross-sectional view. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the blank from which the splice is made. Fig. 6 represents a portion of the hoopsplice on an enlarged scale and in section to illustrate more clearly howthe spurs engage the hoop. I

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

In the embodiment of the invention shown there is illustrated the meeting ends 10 of an ordinary hoop, which ends, it will be noted,

abut against each other and are in alinement. Connecting these ends and bridging the joints is a splice-sleeve 11, that is formed of sheet metal bent about the ends, as shown. The blank for this splice, as shown in Fig. 5, comprises a rectangular plate provided with a spaced series of clusters of spurs 12. These spurs are each formed by punching an opening (preferably circular) through the plate, the metal from the same forming a circular cutting edge 13, that is serrated to provide a plurality of teeth.

In use the blank is bent along the spaces between the clusters of spurs about the ends 10 of the hoop, with its meeting edges an I spurs will become embedded in the outer and inner faces of each end, while the intermediate portions of the splice between said clusters are left entirely smooth and unbroken. Because of the circular edges of the spurs and the openings formed through the splice the wood within the edges will be forced into the openings, th us forming secure holding means. It will be evident that the splice can be constructed at exceedingly small cost and that the joint formed by it is very strong. Furthermore, the said joint is much more com pact than those in which the ends of the hoop are overlapped, as said ends do not project and are protected by the sleeve against being split or injured during the handling of the barrel or other package to which the hoop is applied.

Oneof the characteristic features of this invention resides in the fact that the top and bottomed ges are unbroken, being purposely made smooth, as the blank isbent along lines between the clusters of openings or spurs. Furthermore, the central portion of the blank oppositethemeeting ends of the hoop is solid, the holding-spurs being located on each side of the center. 1

In practice the splices will be applied by a machine which I have specially devised for the purpose.

While I have particularly described the construction ofthe openings which provide the holding-spurs for the splice, it will be understood that I do not wish .to be 1 limited thereto, as equivalent means maybe employed for the purpose.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction, operation, and many advantages of the herein-described invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art with out further description, and it will be understood that various changes in the size, shape, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

. Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is i 1. A splice for use in connection with a hoop which has its ends alined and abutted, said splice being formed from a flat plate having spurs projecting from one face thereof, said spurs being formed by punching openings through the plate, the metal from which provides circular cutting edges having serrations forming a plurality of teeth, the spaces between the spurs providing for the bending of the plate around the meeting ends of the hoop, with the edges of the plate located 011 the inner side of the hoop.

2. A hoop having its ends alined and abutted, in combination with a sheet-metal splice bridging the ends and bent around the inner and outer faces of the ends, the meeting edges of the splice being located on the inner NEVTON K. BOWMAN.

Witnesses:

OHAs. P. ALEXANDER, J 0s. A. Plus. 

